New partnerships and half price perks… exciting times ahead

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a £5,000 donation from our largest sponsor yet – Flight Centre UK!

Flight Centre have come on board as our main travel backer and have pledged an initial £5000! This takes our current fundraising total to £6042 meaning we are now only £3958 off our first milestone of £10,000!! The amount Flight Centre have sponsored will go directly towards purchasing the scooter and sidecar for the expedition.

This donation takes us to over 60% of our first milestone.

This new partnership with Flight Centre is one that we value hugely and we are excited to start working with them officially. However, unofficially Flight Centre have actually been supporting the expedition since day one.

Way back in April 2015 Matt had been working at the company for the best part of a year, and based on his recommendation Reece decided to apply. Coincidentally, we were both placed in the store on Oxford Street where we started properly planning the trip. We would regularly get in to the office a few hours before the shop opened so we could use the big map at the back of the store to plan the route. At the same time, Flight Centre’s refer a friend to work scheme helped right from the start. Matt received £500 in his wages (because Reece somehow held his nerve in the interview) which  we took as the first donation for the project- in fact, it was used to develop this website. Throughout the two years we’ve been planning the expedition Flight Centre have been so supportive of the project: from unintentional donations to really understanding and helpful line managers, right the way up to this top level financial backing, we have been incredibly lucky to work with such a fantastic company and we are really thankful for their support.

So, to celebrate this monumental step in the right direction we are making all of the perks on our Pledges page half price for one week. Meaning you can ‘Sign the sidecar’ for just £7.50, enjoy a birthday Skype from wherever we are in the world for only £25 or even name the sidecar for just £2500 – But they are only half price till the end of the week so now really is the perfect time to sponsor the expedition. 

Thanks to the support we’ve received from Flight Centre, and so many other companies and individuals, we are now in a position to leave on the 21st of October! On that date we will set off on our ridiculous 40,000 mile long route on a scooter with a sidecar. The route we will take will look a little like this (heading east first):

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It will be the first time anyone has ever attempted a route like it on this kind of equipment and we will be going through some of the world’s most incredible landscapes. One of the expedition’s core goals is to tell the stories of the people we visit in the hope of inspiring a more personally connected world. At the same time, we hope to inspire others to visit these people and places themselves, hopefully we can do that and now you know where to go for your flights…

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